[wijwp]

That's pretty reductive.

Having enough money to buy "almost whatever" allows for real happiness to happen. Money doesn't buy happiness, but it opens the door for it.

Family, friends, love, hobbies.

- Financial hardships are one of the top reasons for divorce.

- Building and keeping loving relationships and friends is a lot harder when you have to work 60-80 hours a week.

- Funds to have hobbies so you can do what you truly want to do rather than what pays the bills.

A good fulfilling life is simple (but usually not easy).

[robocat]

Your answer is rather reductive. And unfortunately you seem to be strawmanning since your comment is replying to something that DougN7 never said.

I would summarize your point as: we need some money to be happy.

DougN7 said "[I] have finally discovered those [costly] things don’t bring happinessis".

I think lots of money doesn't make you happier. I strongly suspect that most people don't really understand that, because they don't have lots of money and therefore they have not learnt about the lies we are taught about money by our money focused societies.

Let's view your divorce argument from https://flowingdata.com/2021/05/04/divorce-rates-and-income/ :

  Divorce rates are tied to job security, age, and occupation, so it should make sense that we see a pattern when we plot divorce rates against income

  There’s a tight decrease in divorce rate for incomes between $10,000 and $200,000 per year, and then rates seems to flatten out around 30 percent after that

I suspect your assumptions about divorce money and unhappiness are incorrect. And you were definitely ignoring the confounders mentioned.